Totally Money Carnival | Building Wealth Edition

We’re happy to host the Totally Money Blog Carnival on Faith and Finance. If you not familiar with a blog carnival, it’s basically a list of great articles from other finance websites. Read through the description of the article and check out a few!

You definitely want to read through these articles. We’ll call them the editor’s choice.

Jim presents What Is A Good Credit Score? posted at Bargaineering. It’s easy to get all worked up about credit scores but what exactly is a good score? What does it affect and why does it matter? We discuss.

Miranda @ Financial Highway presents 45 Ways to Save Money posted at Financial Highway. Do you want to start your own business and make a little extra money? It can seem daunting at first, since there are so many others out there trying to get something started. Here are 4 creative business ideas that can help you get started.

Jason presents Hacking a NookColor posted at Live Real, Now. If you want to get the biggest tablet-bang for you buck, here’s now to hack a Nook color into an unrestricted Android tablet, without voiding the warranty.

Philip presents Using Angie’s List for Auto Service posted at PT Money Personal Finance. Car salesmen and mechanics are two of the least trusted professions. I just have a hard time placing my full trust in them. It’s also possible that I have an unreasonable understanding of what it should cost to maintain a car past 100,000 miles.

Investing

Roshawn Watson presents Are You Your Portfolio’s Biggest Enemy posted at Watson Inc. Despite the increasingly lauded financial literacy programs, investors are struggling with two primary problems: their own nature and a well-polished Wall Street machine that loves ignorant investors.

Eric J. Niasll presents Emotions and Investing Do Not Mix posted at Doll. Do you know why you make the investment choices that you do? Keeping track may be of great help in making more sound financial and investing decisions.

Kay Lynn presents Greed and Violence: A Black Friday Tradition? posted at Bucksome Boomer. With a record $52.4 billion spent over the long weekend, it appears Black Friday was a retail success. We should all be happy that consumers are loosening the purse strings after several years. But here’s a dark side that overshadows the good news about this annual event.

Kevin presents How to Find the Home of Your Dreams posted at Invest It Wisely. When we first started home shopping, I thought we’d look at different places, eventually fall in love with one and decide to go for that. The reality was actually somewhat different!

Jon the Saver presents When Financial Secrecy Might Not Be a Good Idea posted at Free Money Wisdom. It’s easy enough to see why we don’t want other people to know too much about our financial affairs—too much income and assets and other people might resent us; too much debt and poor credit and they might judge us. Who wouldn’t want to avoid that?

Sustainable PF presents Family Finances posted at Sustainable Personal Finance. Who handles your family finances? Is it just one person or is it a joint effort? When it comes to the personal financial plan for a family, there are many ways to approach managing the budget.

Paul Vachon presents Gap Insurance – What is It? and Do I Need it? posted at The Frugal Toad. When you purchase a new vehicle the minute you drive it off the lot the value of the vehicle depreciates, up to 30% depending on the make and model. If you purchase a vehicle and finance it with less than 20% down you just might be upside down the minute you drive your new vehicle off the lot. Gap Insurance covers this negative equity balance.

SB presents How to decorate your home with used furniture posted at One Cent at a Time. This is reader story on how a couple decorated their home with used furniture and show pieces. Get inspired, stay focused and save some money when you are on a strict budget. Often only minor fixes work great on old furniture and could your home a very fresh and fine look.

Saving

Jacob @ My Personal Finance Journey presents Money-Saving Travel and Flight Apps posted at My Personal Finance Journey. This post introduces several smart-phone travel apps or online resources, from currency converters to monitoring how much one spent on vacation, in order to help consumers save money on their various travel needs.